Regina Carter was born on August 6,1966 and is an American jazz violinist.
24 Facts About Regina Carter
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Regina Carter is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter.
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Regina Carter began piano lessons at the age of two after playing a melody by ear for her brother's piano teacher.
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Regina Carter's mother enrolled her at the Detroit Community Music School when she was four years old and she began studying the violin.
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Regina Carter still studied the piano, as well as tap and ballet.
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Regina Carter attended Cass Technical High School with a close friend, jazz singer Carla Cook, who introduced her to Ella Fitzgerald.
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In high school, Regina Carter performed with the Detroit Civic Orchestra and played in a pop-funk group named Brainstorm.
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Regina Carter was studying classical violin at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston when she decided to switch to jazz.
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Regina Carter transferred to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan where she was a jazz major under the direction of Marvin "Doc" Holladay.
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Regina Carter returned to the US and first came into the spotlight as the violinist for the all female pop-jazz quintet Straight Ahead in 1987, with Cynthia Dewberry, Gayelynn McKinney, Eileen Orr, and Marion Hayden.
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Regina Carter went solo before the release of their third album, Dance of the Forest Rain.
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Regina Carter played with Max Roach and Oliver Lake, as well as being in the String Trio of New York.
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Regina Carter worked on the albums Intermobility, Octagon, and Blues.
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Regina Carter toured with Wynton Marsalis for the 1997 production Blood on the Fields.
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Regina Carter then changed record companies from Atlantic Records to Verve Music Group, which allowed her more artistic freedom, and she released Rhythms of the Heart.
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Regina Carter was both the first jazz musician and the first African American to play the instrument.
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Regina Carter later recorded Paganini: After a Dream for Verve Records.
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Active as an educator, mentor, and proponent of the Suzuki method, Regina Carter has given workshops and master classes at numerous institutions.
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Regina Carter was Artist in Residence at her alma mater, Oakland University from 2007- 2018.
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Regina Carter has taught at the jazz summer camp at Stanford Jazz Workshop.
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Regina Carter was awarded a MacArthur Fellows Program grant, known as a "genius grant", in September 2006.
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Regina Carter's repertoire retains a firm connection with the familiar while venturing in new, unexpected directions.
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In 2018, Regina Carter was a recipient of the Doris Duke Award.
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Regina Carter married Alvester Garnett in Detroit, Michigan, on September 5,2004.